(Kapolei, Oʻahu) – The Hawaiian Homes Commission (HHC), the nine-person executive board that governs the Department of Hawaiian Homes Lands (DHHL), has approved, and announced its 2023 meeting calendar.
The meetings will be held in compliance with Act 220, passed by the 2021 legislature and signed into law by Governor David Ige on July 6, 2021. Act 220 provides state agencies the flexibility to utilize interactive conference technology for the public to view meetings online as well as provide remote oral testimony so board members and other participants can hear the testimony whether through the internet, a telephone, or other means.
HHC meetings are held as hybrid events where the public may attend in-person or online. A livestream broadcast of HHC meetings is viewable via the DHHL website, dhhl.hawaii.gov/live. Past meetings are also accessible through archived links at the bottom of the same page.
The Commission meetings are generally held on the third Monday and Tuesday of each month, except for January and February when the meetings are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday due to a Monday holiday.
The in-person meeting locations will be published on the DHHL website throughout 2023.
Hawaiian Homes Commission 2023 Schedule
*Meetings begin at 9:30 a.m.
January 17, 2023 (Tuesday) – HHC Meeting, Kapolei – (No Community Meeting)January 18, 2023 (Wednesday) – HHC Meeting, Kapolei, Oʻahu
February 21, 2023 (Tuesday) – HHC Meeting, Kapolei, Community Meeting – Kapolei
February 22, 2023 (Wednesday) – HHC Meeting, Kapolei, Oʻahu
March 20, 2023 – HHC Meeting, Community Mtg – Waimānalo
March 21, 2023 – HHC Meeting, Kapolei, Oʻahu
April 17, 2023 – HHC Meeting, Community Meeting – Molokaʻi
April 18, 2023 – HHC Meeting, Kalamaʻula, Molokaʻi
May 15, 2023 – HHC Meeting, Community Meeting –Kawaihae
May 16, 2023 – HHC Meeting, Waimea, Hawaiʻi
June 19, 2023 – HHC Meeting, Kapolei – (No Community Meeting)
June 20, 2023 – HHC Meeting, Kapolei, Oʻahu
July 17, 2023 – HHC Meeting, Community Meeting – Papakōlea
July 18, 2023 – HHC Mtg, Kapolei, Hawaiʻi
August 21, 2023 – HHC Meeting, Community Meeting – Kauaʻi
August 22, 2023 – HHC Meeting, Līhue, Kauaʻi
September 17, 2023 (Sunday) – HHC Community Meeting – Kaʻū
September 18, 2023 – HHC Meeting, Community Meeting – Hilo
September 19, 2023 – HHC Meeting, Hilo, Hawaiʻi
October 15, 2023 (Sunday) – HHC Community Meeting – Hana
October 16, 2023 – HHC Meeting, Community Meeting – Paukūkalo
October 17, 2023 – HHC Meeting, Wailuku, Maui
November 19, 2023 (Sunday) – HHC Community Meeting – Lānai City
November 20, 2023 – HHC Meeting, Kapolei, Oʻahu
November 21, 2023 – HHC Meeting, Kapolei, Oʻahu
December 18, 2023 – HHC Meeting, Community Meeting -Nānākuli/Waiʻanae
December 19, 2023 – HHC Meeting, Kapolei, Oʻahu
HHC meeting agenda, packets with submittal information, and other relevant HHC meeting information can be found on the DHHL website, dhhl.hawaii.gov/hhc.
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About the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands:
The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands carries out Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole’s vision of rehabilitating native Hawaiians by returning them to the land. Established by U.S. Congress in 1921, with the passage of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, the Hawaiian homesteading program run by DHHL includes management of over 200,000 acres of land statewide with the specific purpose of developing and delivering homesteading.
Media Contact:
Cedric Duarte
Information and Community Relations OfficerDepartment of Hawaiian Home Lands(808) 620-9591
Original source can be found here.